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Celebrating Life at the 2013 Pink Out
Amidst the swirling flakes of a winter storm and with threats of a February white out, Jenison community members packed the house for their 5th Annual Pink Out! Superintendent TomTenBrink formally...
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Jenison Welcomes Chinese Teacher Team to Michigan
Last week, a team of five Chinese teachers were welcomed in grand, white Michigan winter style, to the halls and classrooms of Sandy Hill and Bauerwood Elementary Schools. For eight days, these...
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Jenison Fine Arts Center Construction Update in Pictures
View from the Jenison Junior High parking lot. With room for 1,200 seats, hundreds of students, and millions of dreams, the Jenison Fine Arts Center is taking shape despite the roller coaster weather...
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GVSU Partners With Bursley Elementary For Family Science Night
How long would it take you to make a bridge out of straws? And, upon finishing, could your product sustain the weight of a blackboard eraser? Or two? Those were the questions filling the hallways of...
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JJHS Language Arts Teachers Alana Kooi & Deb VanDuinen Rise to the Top!
(L to R) Language Arts teachers Alana Kooi and Deb VanDuinen For the past several years, Jenison Junior High Language Arts teachers Alana Kooi and Deb VanDuinen have been focused on a single goal:...
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Missoula Children’s Theatre Brings Hansel & Gretel to Jenison
While some might balk at the idea of casting, costuming, and producing an entire play in just one week, the Missoula Children’s Theatre has learned to make it look as easy as a Sunday picnic in July....
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Pinewood Offers Terrific After-School Options for Students
It may have been the bananas and apples that got them going after school, but it was certainly the encouragement they received from Principal Rachael Postle-Brown that kept them moving forward. That’s...
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Sound the Trumpets: Prestigious Honors Go to JHS’ Mr. Zamborsky & Mr. Scott
If you thought that brackets and championships were just for March Madness, you’d be wrong. Because while Mr. Zamborsky and Mr. Scott didn’t shoot hoops for these awards, the stakes and the honor that...
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Jenison Students Offer “NuHope” in Partnership with NuWool
Four years ago, ACT students had no idea that their paper peddling would have the potential to change lives and provide warm homes for folks they had never met. But it was four years ago when Mrs....
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Jenison High School Graduation: 2013
As if to offer a glimpse of their bright futures, the rain held off nearly completely last week Thursday, allowing the sun to poke through and deliver a gorgeous night for our 2013 graduates. With a...
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We Choose Jenison: The Edwards Family
This summer we are privileged to share the thoughts from Jenison families who stand as our most devoted and eager advocates. Please join us each week as we hear from parents with students of all ages....
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We Choose Jenison: The Arnold Family
This summer we are privileged to share the thoughts from Jenison families who stand as our most devoted and eager advocates. Please join us each week as we hear from parents with students of all ages....
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We Choose Jenison: The Stoll Family
This summer we are privileged to share the thoughts from Jenison families who stand as our most devoted and eager advocates. Please join us each week as we hear from parents with students of all ages....
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We Choose Jenison: The Batten Family
Our family moved to Jenison from Farmington Hills, MI in July, 2013. We have three children; Courtney (college freshman), Andrea (high school junior), and Brett (8th grade). Andrea and Brett will be...
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New Technology: An interview with Tech Director, Dave Tchozewski
With a new school year just days away, the district is working feverishly to prepare hundreds of new Google Chrome books for technology-hungry students. In the midst of the frenzy, Jenison Technology...
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A Letter from the Superintendent
Welcome Back, Wildcats! It is with great excitement that we open the books on another year at Jenison Public Schools.The first week of school is something I look forward to every year, but this fall...
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Hey Look! Jenison’s on TV!
It’s football season again, and that means at least one thing: area news teams are busy covering high school games around Grand Rapids. This coverage is exciting not only because it gives our kids a...
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Elementary Orchestra Sign-ups Strike a Chord
For 5th graders dreaming of playing the cello like Yo-Yo Ma or the violin like a Juilliard graduate, the annual fall orchestra sign-ups are the first step down a path that is limited only by their will...
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JJHS “Races” to Promote Hands-On Learning
When Jenison Junior High School eighth graders opened the door on a new year of science at the junior high, they weren’t expecting to design cars with minty wheels powered with balloons. But that kind...
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It’s Our 100th Post!
It’s hard to believe, but the Central Office Sentinel is marking 100 weeks of sharing Wildcat highlights with the community! We began by introducing our new high school weight room and celebrating the...
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